I need some help about building a custom kernel on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr). It is not my first time to compile kernels, but I faced the problem to build only on Ubuntu 14.04.
When I try to build ...

I try to install opencv using the instructions from here but I get every time the error
Linking CXX shared library ../../lib/libopencv_videoio.so
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libavcodec.a(avpacket.o): ...

for solution i searched on the Internet.
i added the output of the command
pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0
that is -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include to the make file like ...

I am new to Ubuntu. I want to make a FBReader open source project.
please help me out where I am lacking?
Creating libzltext.so.0.14.0 .../usr/bin/ld: **cannot find -llinebreak
collect2: ld returned ...

Hello Im completly new to Lubuntu(started this weekend).
The first thing i want to install give me know a lot of trouble for this time.
I want to install a driver for the Novation Launchapad. I have ...

I'm trying to create a .deb package for my xymon-client installation, but it is not creating the empty directories used for logs and temp files.
If I run checkinstall -D make install or checkinstall
...

I'm having an issue building QT from it's sources. I have to build from sources due to a strange requirement (that's how we are going to do it at work, once we start using QT). Building from sources I ...

New to linux and trying to install the CRESKO STACKS programme - when I try and make stacks, I get the error message at the bottom of the text below.
Can anyone explaing in laymens terms, what this ...

I'm taking the course of HarvardX: CS50x Introduction to Computer Science. Normally for doing this course you have to use a virtual machine for running a Fedora system called the cs50 appliance, with ...

I am trying to compile the latest ngspice (26) as a shared folder.
I am using ubuntu 14.10, and have only a little understanding in the compiling process
While following direction from the "compile ...

my boot broke after trying to install 14 from version 10. I am able to start version 9.04 from an old cd but i would like to install the latest 14 which i have now downloaded(iso) to a usb but from ...

I'm trying to install an LC3 assembler for school. I run the config script and type make and a several weird compiler errors pop up. I tried this building simpl and just now lc3db
Here's output (the ...

I am trying to build a source using make? This is the first time I am trying to do this as there is no other way to install the program.
Contents of directory containing the source are shown here.
I ...

I'm trying to install gcc 4.8.1 at the moment. Currently 4.8.2 and 4.9.1 are installed. I downloaded an 4.8.1 from here http://gcc.cybermirror.org/releases/gcc-4.8.1/ . After extracting the files I ...